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	Notes on the Name Cornet - as in Castle Cornet, Guernsey
		Cornet was probably the first Bordier (feudal official) for Fief le Roi in that area of St Peter Port, and gave his name to the bordage (area of land) for which he was responsible.
		Castle Cornet is a small fortified islet at the entrance to St Peter Port harbour, and was originally called the Houmet Cornet
		He confirms to the abbot and monks of St. Evroul a house in the chief street of Falaise near the shambles between the houses of William Francise and Garin de Hispania at the request of William de Magneto and his wife, to whose marriage portion it belonged.
	www.museum.guernsey.net /Cornet_name.htm (803 words)

	Castle Cornet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Castle Cornet is a large castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, which is now part of one of the breakwaters of St Peter Port's harbour, the main one in the island.
		Formerly a tidal island, like Lihou on the west coast of Guernsey, it was first fortified as a castle between 1206 and 1256, following the division of the Duchy of Normandy in 1204.
		With the advent of cannon and gunpowder, the castle was remodelled between 1545 and 1548.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castle_Cornet (314 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Castle Cornet is a large castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, which is now part of one of the breakwaters of St Peter Port's harbour, the main one in the island.
		In 1339 when a French force captured the island and occupied it for several years, Cornet was besieged, captured and the garrison massacred.
		With the advent of cannon and gunpowder, the castle was remodelled between 1545 and 1548.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Castle_Cornet (286 words)

	The Noon-day Gun, Castle Cornet, Guernsey
		From at least the early years of the 19th century a gun was fired from Castle Cornet at noon and another at 21.30 to recall soldiers of the garrison to their barracks – the Curfew gun.
		The gun was discontinued in 1923 as an economy measure.
		The Noonday Gun ceremony in Castle Cornet was re-introduced as a visitor attraction in 1974.
	www.museum.guernsey.net /Noon-day_gun.htm (377 words)

	Siegeofcastlecornet
		From his quarters in Castle Cornet, the Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey ordered his troops to fire on the island itself.
		Castle Cornet was supplied throughout the Civil War siege by ships sent by the Lieutenant - Governor of Jersey, George Carteret, although this arrangement was rather haphazard.
		Carteret used his friendship with the newly-crowned Charles II to have Wake ousted in 1649 and for the final two years of the siege, Castle Cornet was commanded by Col.
	www.guernsey.net /~cedavey/Siegeofcastlecornet.html (606 words)

	Castle Cornet
		Castle Cornet is situated at the entrance to St. Peter Port, Guernsey's 'capital town', and is very old.
		The castle was the base for the great siege and as an outpost for the Germans in the Second World War.
		This picture shows some realistic cannons based on the original design and the 'new' pier which connects the castle to the mainland and allows visiors to get to the castle.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /knightsweb/guernsey/castle.html (96 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for cornet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He learned to play the cornet in the band of the Waif's Home in New Orleans, and after playing with Kid Ory's orchestra he made several trips (1918-21) with a Mississippi riverboat band.
		The trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, euphonium, sousaphone, cornet, flugelhorn, and bugle...
		Cornet Technology Announces the Celero Multi-Processor VME Board at MEECC 2006 Conference; High Throughput and Low Latency Support Intricate Military and Aerospace Applications.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=cornet&StartAt=11 (877 words)

	Charles I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was imprisoned at Holdenby House in Northamptonshire, until cornet George Joyce took him by force to Newmarket in the name of the New Model Army.
		Hammond, however, was opposed to Charles, whom he confined in Carisbrooke Castle.
		Charles was moved to Hurst Castle at the end of 1648, and thereafter to Windsor Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_I_of_England (4934 words)

	Guernsey Hotel and Tourism Association \| Guernsey, Channel Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another facet of the Museum is the annual heritage pass giving unlimited entry to Castle Cornet, Fort Grey (the Cup and Saucer at Rocquaine Bay) and several of Jersey's museums and Alderney Museums.
		Castle Cornet: The building of Castle Cornet, "a most invincible place situated upon an accessible rock" half a mile from the shore, was begun, according to do documentary evidence, in the 13th Century.
		Castle Cornet also has museums dedicated to the Guernsey Militia and to 201 Squadron of the RAF.
	www.ghata.com /museum.shtml (987 words)

	This is Guernsey - News - Feature Articles - Castle Cornet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lightning struck the castle's magazine, housed in the donjon or keep, the oldest part of the fortress, unleashing the deadly force of all the stockpiled gunpowder in an explosion that caused terrible damage.
		Castle Cornet as it appears today is one of the island's best-loved and most recognisable sights.
		It is noted in O'Neill's The History of Castle Cornet that a previous governor, Sir Thomas Leighton, had said more than 100 years before the accident that 'the donjon or keep...
	www.thisisguernsey.com /code/showfeaturesarticle.pl?ArticleID=000326 (766 words)

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	Castle Cornet & Museums - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Castle Cornet also has a museum shop located in the old guard house and a refectory (in the Upper Barracks building) serving light meals and refreshments.
		Castle Cornet is Guernsey's ancient harbour fortress, which was isolated upon a rocky islet, until the construction of a breakwater and bridge in the 19th century.
		Information Technology is also used to interpret the origin of the rock upon which the castle is built, browse an interactive guide to the castle or a database of castle illustrations.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/SE000437.html (396 words)

	Escape from Castle Cornet - Pierre Careye C5 - 3 December 1643
		To understand how the three came to be imprisoned there, and why they were in danger of execution, it is necessary to summarize the events that led to the state of war, that lasted from 1643 until 1651, between the garrison of Castle Cornet and the inhabitants of Guernsey.
		Towards midnight the said Captains returned from the Castle somewhat displeased, particularly Simpson, as Sir Peter had left him uncovered whilst in his presence, although he was one of the King's Captains.
		Further, when we were seen on the Castle beach and the order was given to fire and kill us, it is remarkable that the guns missed fire six times, during which we had time to get away from the said beach.
	www.careyroots.com /escape.html (1538 words)

	Castle Cornet, St Peter Port - Channel Islands - UK Attraction
		A castle has existed in some form on Cornet rock at the entrance to St Peter Port since the thirteenth Century.
		The castle walls house several museums including a maritime museum, the Royal Guernsey Militia Museum and the 201 Squadron RAF Museum.
		The Story of Castle Cornet exhibition takes visitors through the castle’s complex history and the well tended period gardens offer spectacular views of the harbour and beyond.
	www.ukattraction.com /channel-islands/castle-cornet.htm (185 words)

	St Peter Port - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Town Church, the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town
		Castle Cornet, the historic fortress that guarded the strategic entrance to the port.
		The castle was formerly a tidal island but it is now joined by a breakwater to the enlarged harbour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_Peter_Port (399 words)

	This is Jersey - Living in Jersey - History & Heritage - Hundred Years War (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There his tactics succeeded, and as well as capturing the island he subdued Castle Cornet and went on to occupy Alderney and Sark.
		He said that if Gorey Castle were surrendered, the French king would treat the Islanders favourably, respecting their traditional liberties and allowing them to retain their lands.
		Also in 1340, the French occupation of Guernsey and Castle Cornet (established by Béhuchet two years earlier) was ended by the English.
	www.thisisjersey.com /code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000781 (661 words)

	southeastengland
		Southsea Castle was built by Henry VIII between 1544 and 1545 to protect Portsmouth and its royal dockyard from a possible French attack.
		Listed in the Domesday Book, this castle has been a Norman stronghold, a royal residence for six of Englandâ™s medieval queens, a palace of Henry VIII, and a retreat for the powerful and influential.
		Lulworth Castle was built as a hunting lodge in 1608 to attract James I to hunt in the Isle of Purbeck, the castle was bought by the Weld family in 1641 and became the family seat following the destruction of the main estate house during the Civil War.
	www.townsinbritain.co.uk /castles/southeastengland.html (244 words)

	Jerbourg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first reliable records indicate that the castle was strengthened by order of King John, after he had lost Normandy to the French in 1204.
		Elizabeth I ordered further strengthening after the castle had deteriorated due to lack of maintenance, and the present form of the castle dates from this work.
		The castle was deemed obsolete and Fort George (through which we had walked earlier) built to protect St Peter Port.
	website.lineone.net /~chrismp/ougswessex/guernsey/jerbourg.html (903 words)

	Walkthrough (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the castle you will be treated to a banquet in your honor, full of wonderful, insect-laden delicacies.
		While Cornet dines she will be treated with a song, and gets to play her horn afterwards.
		Cornet can either go straight to Cape Hope, or she can return home to Orange and use the key in the Underground Ruins.
	cyborgcentral.dynip.com /~kururu80/rwalk2.html (4291 words)

	Welcome to Guernsey Scenes
		and occupied it for several years, Cornet was besieged, captured and the garrison massacred.
		With the advent of cannon and gunpowder, the castle was remodelled between
		A bolt of lightning struck the magazine of the castle, destroying the keep and a number of living quarters.
	www.cwgsy.net /private/baf/htm_files/castle_cornet.htm (187 words)

	NewResourceZone
		Prior to any visit children need to be introduced to the chosen castle by way of photographs, maps,word lists, local legends and guidebooks.
		On the visit itself begin at the castle entrance by considering how a castle should be entered.
		A castle or ancient historic building, the poem by Brian Moses, "Entering a Castle", examples of poems written by children, jotters.
	www.theresourcezone.org.gg /locationwriting.html (334 words)

	The Lady - Guernsey - Setting the scene (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From HMS Sprightly, wrecked on the Hanois reef in 1777, to the 2003 grounding of the MV Verrnontborg, the display serves as a poignant reminder of the perils of the sea.
		In other galleries within the castle, there are displays of British military uniforms from the second half of the 19th century, and rooms set up to show how the garrison was housed at different periods of the castleâs history.
		From 1661 to 1670, General Sir John Lambert was imprisoned in Castle Cornet, and cultivated the Guernsey lily (Amaryllis sarniensis) in a small garden.
	www.lady.co.uk /articles/0506artA.cfm?framed=y (2194 words)

	Online Personal Albums by rexvaughan - VirtualTourist.com
		The building of this castle began in the latter part of the 13th Century, but bronze age settlers were probably here long before that.
		The photo is of the Barbican at the heart of the castle and probably the oldest part.
		I thought at the time that this access was great for the castle during the siege as they could be supplied from the sea almost out of view of the mainland.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/588f8 (718 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Guernsey \| Fall in castle's visitor numbers
		Castle Cornet is the latest in a line of attractions on the island which has experienced the downward trend.
		The castle's co-ordinator, Harry Orton, says figures for paying visitors are down by 25% on last year.
		Mr Orton said he believed the fall could be due to fewer people coming into the island and a changing pattern of tourism.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/guernsey/3766123.stm (200 words)

	An English Ship and other Shipping off Castle Cornet, Guernsey by KNYFF, Jacob
		The imposing Castle Cornet was built in the thirteenth century to guard the safe anchorage of St Peter Port in Guernsey.
		In the Civil War the castle remained loyal to Charles I, whilst the island of Guernsey supported Cromwell, and the castle was besieged for almost nine years.
		A vessel in the background of the present work is firing a salute which may mark the return of the Governor to the Castle.
	www.wga.hu /html/k/knyff/shipping.html (156 words)

	Living History at Castle Cornet
		Our short play explores the story behind their tragedy as they are led from their prison in Castle Cornet to be burnt at the stake in St Peter Port.
		Castle Cornet was garrisoned by the English and when the English Civil War broke out in 1643, Sir Peter Osborne, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, whose official residence was in Castle Cornet, refused to surrender and stayed loyal to the King.
		In October 1643 Castle Cornet is a Royalist stronghold whilst the island of Guernsey sympathises with the Parliamentarians.
	www.museums.gov.gg /Living%20History%20at%20Castle%20Cornet.htm (897 words)

	All about me...
		In the background is Elizabeth Castle and St Aubin's Bay.
		Castle Cornet, St Peter's Port, Guernsey, was built on a little rocky island in 1206.
		In the 19th century the island was connected to the Guernsey mainland by a breakwater and bridge.
	www.steinsky.me.uk /photoblog.php?start=251 (1893 words)

	Activities - Royal Caribbean International (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Follow your costumed guide from the pier around the harbor front and listen to tales of how passengers, porters, privateers and publicans, jostled and shouted as they made their way from the busy port, up onto the steep lanes and passageways which linked the quay with the town.
		Entering the castle, built in the 13th century to defend the surrounding waters, you will begin to understand what life was like for those living in this imposing fortress.
		Guernsey is well known for a local delicacy of fruit bread gache pronounced gosh and you may enjoy refreshments of coffee and gache at the end of the tour.
	www.royalcaribbean.com /shoreExcursions/product/detail/view.do?sourcePage=cruiseDetails&packageCode=LG11Q001&date=&selectedCurrencyCode=&ProductCode=GS07&DestinationCode= (373 words)

	Tongwynlias Temperance Silver Band - History Page
		Ted Rowlands – a cornet player with the band attached to the Melingriffith works, known as the Brooker’s Band.
		Rehearsals were held at the Tongwynlais Infants School and in the long room of the Lewis Arms public house until 1925 when the first band hall was built on Castle Road on ground donated by Col. Lewis.
		The third and current band hall grounds were provided by the builder of Castle View which passes through what was the second band hall.
	www.tonband.org.uk /history.html (372 words)

	Jersey encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Jersey politics and officials, Jersey History. Travel to Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Guernsey's decision was mainly related to the higher proportion of Calvinists and other Reformed churches, as well as Charles I's refusal to take up the case of some Guernsey seamen who had been captured by the Barbary corsairs.
		The allegiance was not total, however, there were a few Royalist uprisings in the Southwest of the island, while Castle Cornet was occupied by the then Governor, Sir Peter Osbourne, and Royalist troops.
		Castle Cornet was the last Royalist stronghold to capitulate, in 1651.
	www.jerseyiworld.com /wiki-Guernsey (1857 words)

	The Carey Tower at Castle Cornet
		In 1567, Francis Chamberlayn, Governor of Guernsey, in a 'Certicat,' or report on the castle to Queen Elizabeth, mentions repairs required: 'to the said Castle frontyng ageinst the hill and towne of St Piere port, viz, from Careye's Tower to the highe gate, where the ward is comonly kept.'
		The position of the Tour Quarré of 1374, and the Carey Tower of 1577, in the castle are identical.
		It had been used as a coal cellar by the troops occupying the Castle, but is practically in the same state as it was in Pierre's time.
	www.careyroots.com /tower.html (489 words)

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